Ashutosh Gowariker Now Takes Big B

MUMBAI: After the success of Lagaan, Ashutosh Gowariker started experimenting with different topics rather than making and following the same trend. He decided to rope in Aishwarya for Jodhaa Akbar and paired her opposite Hritik Roshan.

Although, Jodhaa Akbar did average at the box office it was the performance of Hritik and Aishwarya that gained popularity. After that Ashutosh decided to rope in another member from the Bachchan family and he launched Abhishek in Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey but unfortunately this historic movie did not make any money and fame for the director.

Now, Ashutosh Gowariker is back again and this time he has decided to rope in Big B, Amitabh Bachchan for the main role.

Sharing few details about the movie, Ashutosh Gowariker said that he is going to make a detective thriller for the audience this time and therefore he required someone that can handle the role of experienced detective. He thought about various people but finally settled with Amitabh Bachchan who would suit the role perfectly. He said that Amitabh Bachchan is perfect for the character he is looking for and therefore he has casted him and not just for the promotion factor.

Ashutosh also said that so far he has only selected Amitabh Bachchan for the movie and he is still looking for other people who would fit in the characters he needs. Hence, he cannot reveal anything more about the movie. He said that the casting is still incomplete and only when he has finalized the entire script and casting he will provide details to the media. This is the first time that Ashutosh Gowariker will attempt a detective thriller and it looks like he will be able to do it considering that he has pulled off some really great stories with his directorial talent and experience.

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John Jonty Make a Deal

MUMBAI: When two health conscious people come together they make a great deal out of their talent and that is exactly what Jonty Rhodes and John Abraham has decided to do ahead. Retired South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes who is currently the fielding coach for Mumbai Indians have now decided to team up with actor John Abraham to manufacture nutritional supplements.

This will be the first time that John Abraham will doing such business venture and therefore he is really excited about it.

Jonty Rhodes have been doing a lot of research here in India and he feels that India is a very strong market for nutritional supplements and that is the reason he has decided to deal with John Abraham who is well known for his muscular body. Jonty Rhodes also said that he needed a well known face here in India that can represent good muscular body and who can be better than John Abraham. Jonty Rhodes have been in India for long time and therefore he knows that John is popular for his muscular physique and loves fitness and sports. Hence, Jonty flew in Mumbai a week ago and went to John with his business proposition and John readily agreed to make a deal.

John Abraham is currently working on his next project but he did say that he has made a deal with Jonty Rhodes. He said that he respect him a lot for the kind of cricket he has played and it’s a big honor and achievement to work with him. Currently, John might not be able to focus on this business venture as he has some movies left for shooting but as soon as that is over John will fly to South Africa and plan the strategy with Jonty Rhodes and begin their new nutritional supplements business.

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Hollywood power couple Moore, Kutcher split

LOS ANGELES: Actress Demi Moore announced "with great sadness" Thursday the end of her high-profile marriage to Ashton Kutcher, after his reported infidelity with a woman less than half her age.

The confirmation comes after months of media reports about problems between the Hollywood power couple, who married in 2005 when she was 42 and he was 27. She had earlier been married to actor Bruce Willis for 13 years.

"It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have decided to end my six-year marriage to Ashton," the 49-year-old said in a statement issued through her publicist.

"As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life."

Thirty-three year-old Kutcher, who recently took over from troubled star Charlie Sheen in the hit TV series "Two and a Half Men," tweeted a poignant message minutes after Moore's announcement.

"I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi. Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail. Love and Light, AK," he wrote.

As well as being a famous acting couple, Moore and Kutcher have both been pioneers of the use of social media, notably Twitter.

Moore, whose movies include "Ghost" (1990), "A Few Good Men" (1992), "Indecent Proposal" (1993) and "G.I. Jane" (1997), may have to get a new Twitter name: her current one is @mrskutcher.

She made no immediate comment on her Twitter feed - her usual method of sharing news, comment or other information - after announcing the split via her publicist. (AFP)

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"Breaking Dawn" to suck major blood from box offices

LOS ANGELES: The latest movie in the "Twilight" vampire romance series could take in about $140 million on its opening weekend in North America, box office watchers said, despite some blood-curdlingly bad reviews.

"Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" was widely criticized for bland, wooden acting and an implausible plot, scoring just 23 percent favorable reviews on aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter said the film was "bloated and anemic." (Reuters)

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Salman Khan to work with Subhash Ghai

MUMBAI: With Wanted, Dabangg, Ready and Bodyguard all becoming mega hits Salman Khan has become one of the most sought after actors today. With his next film Ek Tha Tiger already in production and Dabangg 2 in process Salman is all set for exciting times ahead.

Though he may have a line-up of films in the pipeline, Salman has agreed to star in Subhash Ghai’s next film in 2012.

The buzz is that Salman will be doing Ghai’s film in October next year. There are also talks that A.R.Rahman would be composing music for this project. Ghai and Salman had worked together earlier in Yuvvraaj in 2008 but the film unfortunately bombed at the B.O.

Confirming the same Ghai says, “Yes Salman has agreed to do the film, but right now I prefer keeping thing under wraps, all I can say is that it’s going to be a big budgeted action entertainer, that I will direct myself while three other writers of mine are completing the script. As for the actress I will decide that only when the final script is ready.”

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The Iron Lady was not made with a prize in mind

LONDON: “The Iron Lady,” Meryl Streep’s latest biopic, will make its world premiere in Beijing on Saturday evening during the China-U.S. Forum on the Arts and Culture.

When asked whether the film is gunning for an Academy Award in 2012, the Oscar-winning actress said it was not made with a prize in mind.

“The movie has an ambition to be written by a woman, directed by a woman, and it has an ambition to reach an audience that isn’t served currently,” she said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua.

Streep dove into research in order to take on the role of Britain’s first female prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who governed Britain from 1979 to 1990 with pro-free market zeal.

“Thatcher was a very strong leader at a time when a woman leader was extremely unusual,” she said.

Streep remembered being excited when Thatcher was elected in 1979, even though she didn’t agree with Thatcher’s policies as a young woman.

“In that time, I think she broke ground in people’s perceptions,” she said, adding that she thinks Thatcher’s success had great symbolic effect in Britain, when there was prejudice against women.

The 62-year-old actress joked that the marketing department of her movie company thinks the film is boring, because half of the film is about an old lady, her memories of her husband and her interactions with her daughter.

“It’s after power, it’s how we take leave of things after a big ambitious life,” she said. “The things she had to give up in order to have a life she chose are really interesting to me.”

When asked how she successfully interprets different characters, Streep said, “Everybody that I have played is a little bit like me, I just need to find the part of myself that’s like that person.”

“There are a lot of roles for young girls, but there are just so few roles for a woman of my age, so I am representing something, I am taking one for my team,” she said in response to a question about maintaining her presence on the big screen.

Meanwhile, she noted that Chinese culture isn’t very present in the United States, and “it’s not distributed widely.”

She recalled her cooperation with Chinese actor Liu Ye in the movie “Dark Matter” several years ago, and expressed a willingness to cooperate with Chinese filmmakers in the future.

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Katrina is obsessed with the mirror!

MUMBAI: After the popularity of ‘Shiela ki Jawani’ it’s time for Katrina to turn an item girl again. The gorgeous Bollywood import, no wonder deserves to be self-obsessive for she has most of the men drooling after her.

A unit member of one of her current film recently revealed to a daily how Kat spends most of her time dancing in front of the mirror.

Yes, Kat spends most of her time, dancing in front of the mirror. After the success of her item song in ‘Tees Maar Khan’, she has been approached to do two more item songs. And the enthusiastic actress wants to leave no stone unturned at honing her dancing prowess.

She did a small performance for Salman Khan’s ‘Bodyguard’ as well but now she is all set to shake her booty in two official item number in forthcoming films.

She has an item number in Karan johar’s ‘Agneepath’ as well. With the song titled as ‘Chikni Chameli’, one can imagine all the latkas and jhatkas she will have to do for this number, no wonder she is always practising.

“She spends hours in front of the mirror and is always looking at improving her dancing. She is honing her dancing skills as seriously as improving her Hindi,” revealed a source to a daily.

“If she is doing that – practising in front of the mirror, it`s the best way to learn dance,” said choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant.

Well, we are already waiting to see her sizzle the silver screen yet again in her item girl avatar!

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